Collaborate with network engineers, systems engineers, and partner teams to translate operational needs into software solutions
Participate in code reviews, providing thoughtful and constructive feedback to teammates
Participate in on-call rotations (typically one week every two months), working with the team to resolve issues and fix root causes
Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or improve existing systems and processes
A day in the life
You'll spend most of your time building software that gives us visibility and control over traffic across the AWS backbone. On any given day you might be designing a new feature, reviewing a teammate's code, or debugging issues. You'll work closely with network engineers and partner teams — a lot of what you build is about detecting problems and mitigating them before customers notice. Beyond coding, you'll join design discussions and on-call rotations. The work mixes building new things with keeping existing systems reliable at massive scale.
About the team
We build the systems that keep traffic flowing across the AWS global backbone — connecting every region and edge location worldwide. Our network grows ~70% year-on-year, so the problems we solve constantly evolve. The team is distributed across the US, Canada and Australia, and this role is based in Sydney. We have a broad mix of experience levels and backgrounds, and we genuinely value mentorship and knowledge sharing. What matters most is curiosity and a willingness to solve hard problems.
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Acknowledgement of country
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE statement
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